Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-06-07

LONDON, May %
There is no place in England which peo-
pie visit with such variety OF motives rs
Hampton Court Palace. Some 20 merely
To see the most superb avenue of horse
chestnuts in the world. An avenue more
than 4 mile long, and in It's summer rich
ness of bright leaf and full Spiry bloom a
spectacle 10 remember. Other steam up
the placid Thames for glimpse OF the
giant grape vine, older than our Declara-
ton of Independence, and rs generous of
girth rs our President: grown under glass,
and supplying the Queens table every year
with nearly two thOuand bunches OF lus-
cious black Hamburgs, weighing on an
average one and half pounds each. 1t
takes the entire time of two men to care
for this phenomenal vine, and only of late
has an extra fee for peep at il been ahol
ished.
Children delight in Hampton Court Tor
the sake of the brilliant gold and silver
fish that flash through the waters of the
marble fountains. and the green maze III
which they can get delightfully."- lost ana
yet be sure of being found by some good
naturcd gardener. Tennis players come
and 20 in ecstaScs over the oldest court IN
Europe: the model of all modern tennis
courts, and where for three and a half CEN
turies the game has been played uniutcr-
ruptedly by royal and noble men.
The beautiful grounds draw hithcr
swarms of gentle spring spoons, for there
are lots of lovely walks under avenues ni
bending yewS; paths that wind through
the soft turf and among MASSES of plants,
purple, gold and pink in blossom, AMI
leading 10 cunningly devised bowers ol
lowering vines and green arbours, where
Henry VIII. and the blark-cyrd Anne
BOleyn carried on their bold tllrtations
under the very windows, not To say the
nose, of Katherine of Arragon; where
Queen Elizabeth coIuetted with the
Earl of Leicester and Mary and William
sat hand in hand watching the planting ot
their iavorite tulips. The student. the
artist, the scholar and historian lind food
for reflection, and matter for pen and brush
III that vast historic pile and its t"ll-ialr
marks, of the pride of a prelate the pas
sions of a king, the lcalouSics ot women.
the greed of princes and the grasping hand
of "A strong government.
The Palace is about half an hour : rIdc
from London by rail, and lies close to th"
water. Large and rambling, Ot red dull
brick. and almost engulird IN the match
less green of its graud OLD trees, II Is pleas
ant TO the eye, and imposing too. IN ih"
lofty towers and the "rc:,t turrctrd gate
ways, OF which an example Is gwen. II Is
the oldest inhabited palace in England, iur
many OF lis thouslnd rooms have been di-
yidcd into beautiful suites ior the use oi
| the widows Of driInct statesmen and
soldiers Of fame; In" Qurrn rcScrNlng the
right Ia r"nlrr the Prlyrlcg" ot free tenant
ry; and the remainder oi the Palace being
thrown open to the public.
The man who was ca'Icd Seven times
greater than the Pope himself Cardinal
Wolscy. conceived the idea ni the Palace
for 4 place of abode. When IT Was finished
and furnished there was nothing like il
outside OF Rome. II covered eight acres
of ground and was divided into one thou
sand rooms fitted up in style not cN-
ce"icd by Cleopatra of Ca.igua.
Seven million dollars worth Of gold
and silver plate gItt"red on the
great banquet tables and filled the
cupboards of the two hundred
and eighty great chambers, each of which
was provided not only with gold and silver
ewers. Jugs and jars, but dinner service
aud candrlhra OF the same prccIous metal.
For the Cardinals personal us" the covers
OF the dishes were studded with diamonds,
ruhies, sapphlrcS and pearls, lh" handles
of the spoons were bcicwcllcd and the
platters ennmrIlcl with ilcnr Dc Iys.